Synonyms for explicate
ˈɛk splɪˌkeɪtex·pli·cate

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1. explicate

   Synonyms:
   disconnect, disentangle, distinguish, extricate, remove, separate

   Antonyms:
   complicate, embarrass, embroil, entangle, implicate, imply, include, involve, overwhelm

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. explain, explicateverb

   make plain and comprehensible

   "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

   Synonyms:
   excuse, explain, formulate, develop

2. explicate, formulate, developverb

   elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

   "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

   Synonyms:
   rise, grow, educate, produce, explain, train, acquire, invent, make grow, develop, excogitate, evolve, arise, germinate, articulate, devise, break, modernise, spring up, phrase, build up, get, originate, give voice, contrive, word, forge, uprise, modernize, recrudesce, formulate, prepare

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1. • Inform

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